The greatest shots ever hit inspired by the architecture..

[John Kavanaugh]

And by greatest I mean bad and good...I'll go with the Mize chip on 11 (like I need to say where) where the slope of the green and the pond came into play..

[Tom Huckaby]

Nicklaus 1-iron in 1972 US Open at Pebble, the yellow cardigan shot.

The only way he gets that to stop in the back portion of the green is if he hits the stick.  Which of course, he does.

Same goes for Watson's chip in 10 years later.

TH

[John_Cullum]

Couples par at 17 TPC

[John Kavanaugh]

Huck,

The Nicklaus one is great but what did architecture have to do with Watson's chip..

[Jordan Wall]

Nicklaus 1-iron in 1972 US Open at Pebble, the yellow cardigan shot.

The only way he gets that to stop in the back portion of the green is if he hits the stick.  Which of course, he does.

Same goes for Watson's chip in 10 years later.

TH

Same goes for Birdie Kim's 72nd hole bunker shot at Cherry Hills..

[Tom Huckaby]

Huck,

The Nicklaus one is great but what did architecture have to do with Watson's chip..

Nothing.  Given I love Jack and thus by extention must hate Watson, I just thought I'd get out of the way my standard take that his chip damn near broke the stick it was going so fast, and thus was the luckiest shot of all time, not the greatest.

 

[John Kavanaugh]

Jordan,

That chip was an ordinary bunker shot...I'm looking for great shots based  on architectural design.

[Scott_Burroughs]

Tiger using the backstop to chip in on #16 at Augusta.  Made people quickly forget about DLIII doing the same thing a few (or 1?) Masters prior, also on a Sunday charge.

The architecture wowed Tiger so much, that he nearly whiffed on his high-five w/Stevie.

[Jordan Wall]

John,

The architecture was what made that shot great.
The architecture made that bunker with a 10 feet lip.
The architecture made that green the hardest on the course.
The architecture is what made that shot so good.

[John Kavanaugh]

Jordan,

Your buddy Morgan watching from the fairway is what made that shot good...

[Kyle Harris]

Davis Love III using the ridge on the green at 16 at Augusta back in 2000(?) to chip in from the back of the green.

[Tommy_Naccarato]

Gene Sarazen's Double Eagle on #15 at Augusta.

Most call it the original shot heard around the world, and it is widely credited as being the shot that help promote The Masters, during a time when Golf had reached it's lowest, thanks to the Great Depression.

[tlavin]

Pavin's 4 wood at Shinnecock.

Hogan's 1 iron at Merion.

Both were heroic shots to imposing targets to conclude a major championship.

Maybe David Toms' hole-in-one at East Lake???

[Scott_Burroughs]

Maybe David Toms' hole-in-one at East Lake???

You mean Atlanta Athletic Club?  

[Eric Franzen]

Chris DiMarco's putt for par on the 14th, during the final round at Hoylake.

[John_Cullum]

One of the great bad shots is Seve's fat 4 iron on the 15th at Augusta Nat, and Strange's 4 wood into Rae's creek on 13.

[Scott_Burroughs]

Kyle,

Do I hear an echo?  



I've always thought that Norman's punch on Sunday at the Masters in '86 on #17 from the edge of the 7th green, under the trees, running at least 50 yards, threading between the two fronting bunkers, and finally coming to rest within 10(?) feet of the pin while chasing Nicklaus was amazing (and then sinking the putt to tie).

[Gary Daughters]

Tiger's chip in at Augusta #16.  The Nike shot.

[Tommy_Naccarato]

In that case, Jean Van De Veldt (sp) 2nd, and 3rd, and 4th, and 5th, and 6th shot on the 72 hole of the Open Championship at Kaar-nooosteeee.

[RJ_Daley]

Ah, Tommy beat me to the "shot heard round the world".

Ok, how about Rocca's putt through the "Valley of Sin" at TOC to tie in regulation?  Of course maybe some would say that ain't architecture, it is nature...  

[Bob_Huntley]

  Re:The greatest shots ever hit inspired by the architecture..
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John,

Without a doubt it has to be Doug Sander's shot out if the Road Hole Bunker at the St. Andrews in the 1970 Open Championship.

A pefect combination of superb architectural merit with the skilled shot to match it.

Bob

[tlavin]

Maybe David Toms' hole-in-one at East Lake???

You mean Atlanta Athletic Club?  

Often wrong, never in doubt...

[Jeremy_Glenn.]

How about the 1996 Masters, the 20 minutes of deliberation between Norman and Faldo on the 13th hole, as they each weighed the hole, their lie, and their opponent?

Architecture and tournament golf at it's best.

[Tommy_Naccarato]

Dick,
Rocco's putt through the Valley of Sin was a good one.

How about Bob Tway's bunker shot on the 18th at Inverness?

[Tommy_Naccarato]

Or Andy North's chip into the wind on the 18th at Cherry Hills?